Skip to content

r/PovertyFinanceNZ↗

Financial advice, frugality tips, stories, rants, opportunities, and general guidance for people who are struggling financially in New Zealand. No Judgement, just advice!

16k subscribers33 posts / mo in Sep 202630 authors / mosince 2023

r/PovertyFinanceNZ has 16k members (+26% over the last 12 months). It gets about 33 posts a month from 30 people. Top topics: Student Finances, Centrelink & Benefits and Grocery Budgeting.

Free report

When to post on r/PovertyFinanceNZ

You've used today's free reports

Visitors without an account can open 3 subreddit reports a day. The best time to post on r/PovertyFinanceNZ, removal risk and the rest of the report are one step away.

Size and growth

How r/PovertyFinanceNZ has grown

r/PovertyFinanceNZ

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+26%in 12 months · +7.3% in 3 months · +1.9% in 1 month
Oct 202616k
Growing16k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Jun 2023)
Live · through Oct 2026
r/PovertyFinanceNZ

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+175%vs Sep 2025 · +26% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202633
BusierPeaked at 43 in Mar 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/PovertyFinanceNZ

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Student Finances1.2%
  2. Centrelink & Benefits1.0%
  3. Grocery Budgeting1.0%
  4. FrugalSavingTips0.8%
  5. Steak Deals & Cuts0.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. ChoiceCheapies
  2. Stuff: Latest breaking news
  3. RecipeTin Eats
  4. Skinny
  5. Sorted

The full report

Everything else about r/PovertyFinanceNZ

Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research